fibrillation

English

Etymology

From fibrilla +‎ -ation.

Noun

fibrillation (countable and uncountable, plural fibrillations)

The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart.

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Translations

contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart

Bulgarian: фибрилация f (fibrilacija)
Finnish: fibrillaatio, värinä (fi)
French: fibrillation (fr) f
German: Fibrillierung f, Fibrillieren n
Greek: μαρμαρυγή (el) f (marmarygí)
Italian: fibrillazione (it) f
Romanian: fibrilație (ro) f, fibrilare (ro) f
Russian: фибрилляция (ru) f (fibrilljacija)
Spanish: fibrilación (es) f

French

Noun

fibrillation f (plural fibrillations)

fibrillation

Further reading

“fibrillation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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